Dear Parents/Guardians,
The Great Kindness Challenge-
The Great Kindness Challenge is designed to call attention to the value of kind actions and gives everyone a chance to experience the joy of passing along kindness to one another.
It sounds simple, but we are sure you agree, being kind makes a huge difference. It’s an integral part of building character in our students. Strong character creates not just a good Upton student, but an extraordinary one. Creating a culture of kindness in our schools produces young people who show respect for one another, their teachers, parents and themselves.
The Great Kindness Challenge -
Week of Events
• MONDAY - FRIDAY - Witnessing Kindness. Upton teachers will be asked to witness their student’s random acts of kindness all week long and report acts to the office. Students will receive small rewards for their kindness at the end of the week.
• TUESDAY - Inspiring Kindness. Interact club student volunteers will write and post inspirational quotes on post-its all over the school.
• WEDNESDAY - Cold Weather Clothing Collection. Students will be asked to donate clean, gently used clothing which will be delivered to BLOM (Blessed Life Outreach Mission), a local organization that provides clothes to children and families in Benton Harbor. We are also asking for each student to bring in one nonperishable can of a food item for a local food bank.
• THURSDAY - Hat Day - Students are asked to donate $1 to wear a hat all day in school. Donations will go directly to the Benton Harbor Soup Kitchen.
• FRIDAY - School Assembly - This assembly is being sponsored by the Mike Wagner Memorial. Andy Grupido talks about mental health and mixes in magic. This was also featured in the guidance blog in January. Here is a link that explains more about the talk: https://www.themagicofhope.
End of 1st Semester-
Grades 6th-12th do not send out a hard copy of 1st Semester report cards. You can find your child’s 1st Semester grades in PowerSchool. Honor roll will be put in the Herald Palladium. We will make you aware when we see it in the paper. If you have not set up your parent portal account on PowerSchool, you can use this link to set that up. https://www.sjschools.org/about-upton-parents/upton-parent-tools/parent-portal-powerschool-tools-piv
School Spelling Bee-
Our in-house spelling bee will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, January 28th at 3:00 PM in the Upton Media Center. Mrs. Gressley is the school spelling coach and will direct this fun event.
Late Start this Wednesday-
We will have a late start this Wednesday, January 29th. School will begin at 8:45 AM and breakfast will be available beginning at 8:15 AM.
No Go Time this week-
We will not have Go Time this Thursday. Thursday will be a regular school day.
Quote of the week-
Have a great week,
Mr. Mandarino
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